Day 192: Psalms 143 - 148
Bible in a year reading for day 192.
Psalms 143
- 3 For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
- 4 My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
- 5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
- 6 I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
- 7 Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
- 8 Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
- 9 Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge.
- 10 Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
- 11 For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
- 12 And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
Psalms 144
- 1 Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
- 2 He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
- 3 O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
- 4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
- 5 Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
- 6 Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
- 7 Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
- 8 whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
- 9 I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—
- 10 to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
- 11 Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
- 12 Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
- 13 Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.
- 14 Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.
- 15 Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
Psalms 145
- 1 A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.
- 2 Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.
- 3 Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
- 4 One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
- 5 the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.
- 6 They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.
- 7 They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.
- 8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.
- 9 The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.
- 10 All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You.
- 11 They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might,
- 12 to make known to men Your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom.
- 13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful in all His words and kind in all His actions.
- 14 The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
- 15 The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
- 16 You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
- 17 The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
- 18 The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
- 19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
- 20 The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
- 21 My mouth will declare the praise of the LORD; let every creature bless His holy name forever and ever.
Psalms 146
- 1 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.
- 2 I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
- 3 Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
- 4 When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
- 5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
- 6 the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
- 7 He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
- 8 the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
- 9 The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
- 10 The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!
Psalms 147
- 1 Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him!
- 2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
- 3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
- 4 He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.
- 5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
- 6 The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
- 7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,
- 8 who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
- 9 He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
- 10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legpower of the man.
- 11 The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
- 12 Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion!
- 13 For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you.
- 14 He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.
- 15 He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.
- 16 He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;
- 17 He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast?
- 18 He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
- 19 He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
- 20 He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!
Psalms 148
- 1 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the highest places.
- 2 Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts.
- 3 Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
- 4 Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.
- 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.
- 6 He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
- 7 Praise the LORD from the earth, all great sea creatures and ocean depths,
- 8 lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
- 9 mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,